Diffusion of Hydrogen along the Grain Boundaries in Ni3Al Alloys

The diffusivity of hydrogen in two Ni3Al alloys (No.1 and No.2)has been measured in the temperature range of 100℃ to 420℃ using an ultrahigh vacuum gaseous permeation technique.The diffusivity data fall into two segments, in which the hydrogen diffusivity adheres to the Arrhenius form, respectively. From the hydrogen diffusivity, it is conjectured that the hydrogen diffusivity reflects the hydrogen transportation along the grain boundaries at lower temperature and the hydrogen transportation in the lattice at higher temperature. The intergranular fracture of L12-type intermetallics induced by hydrogen at relative low temperature results from hydrogen transportation along the grain boundaries and not in the lattice.